02-11-2019, 06:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2019, 06:56 PM by danbrotherston.)
(02-11-2019, 05:15 PM)Canard Wrote: Not disputing that. I’m helping you guys understand why putting fixed objects exactly at the lane edge is generally avoided.
Even your example of light poles and fire hydrants is bogus because they’re set back from the road significantly and appear between the bike lanes and sidewalk.
In many (most) places there are no bike lanes, and vehicles drive directly along a curb, and there are occasionally signs placed directly at the curb:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4503943,...312!8i6656
With wider than standard lanes, it would be reasonable that the posts could be mounted on the top of the curb, and the extra lane width function as the additional buffer to achieve the same distance from the sign as you get in the above google maps image.
That's the situation in uptown right now, which is why I argue that there probably isn't a technical reason not to mount metal bollards on top of the curb like so:
Regardless, I'm curious as to the reasons for the engineering changes, and cynical with my assumptions, but it's still an acceptable solution, so I'm not going to bother making a big deal, more of an academic discussion.